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The world in brief

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 3:25 a.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY "We rushed out and saw destruction all around." Ali Raza, an official in the Peshawar, Pakistan, administration office near where a suicide bombing killed at least 19 security officers Article, 5A Authenticity of art seized in Iraq doubted BAGHDAD - Authorities in the art world cast doubt Thursday on the authenticity of a purported Picasso painting that was seized by Iraqi police south of Baghdad.

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